“We need to conduct a sociological survey to find out to what extent people are interested in watching the Games without the participation of Russian athletes. It’s important to understand whether this is important to the audience, because broadcasting won’t be cheap. Personally, I will not watch the Olympics. I’m not interested in watching athletes who go against the general idea of OCD. The country is in a difficult situation and they ignored the advice of the Olympic Committee. We need to increase the patriotism of young people who have become very distant from their countries due to globalization. We don’t need anything Western, especially if the West is hostile. If they hate us there and try to harm us, why communicate with them? It is necessary to organize competitions between countries loyal to Russia and which adhere to the principles of justice, honesty and equality,” Vassiliev said.
Recall that in December 2023, the IOC authorized Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Games in neutral status and only in individual disciplines. Saturday June 15, the organization published a list of 14 athletes admitted to the Paris Olympics.
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Source: Sport
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